Sound that makes people jump?

[elias]

A good jump out of your seat moment is nice with or without the "stinger" but, imho, the scariest films are the ones that leave you with a lingering feeling of dread and actually send some chills down your spine at the right moments. Looking for a good scare? Check out the made-for-tv UK film "The Woman in Black" or Miike's "Audition".

[I,ZOMBIE]

i "movie jump" to any sound... i feel like GIR from invader zim all the time, i'm like "OOOOOOOO whaats that!"

[HappyCamper]

It's funny that you brought this up..I'm a film student, and we're studying Post-Production Sound right now. There are actually people who study what is called psycho-acoustics. It sounds (forgive the pun) just what it sounds like: the analysis of sounds on the human psyche. eh my spelling sucks too. Think about this: Watch a horror movie, that you know there are parts in which you brace yourself for the scare. Usually at the moment of or just a fraction before the actual scare the audio-track changes. I bet you even though you brace for the scare, the sound will still startle you.

[alkytrio666]

It's always the little things that scare the shit out of you...but they always come with a stinger sound.

ex.

The cat eyes in the original Amityville Horror.

When the closet is opened and that statue thing falls out in Hellraiser.

[MisterSadistro]

ugh ! I've been in the NC mountains for the last week recording sound for a flick and the worst of the worst is airplanes. No way to work around them but to wait for them to leave. Pain in the ass. Running some footage tomorrow with the director of our night footage to see how much of the generator used for the lights can be removed to avoid long, painful dubbing after the fact. Anyone who makes horror films that doesn't bother with the sound is NOT going to make a scary movie. 'Nuff said.
CK

[filmmaker2]

Lacking real percussion instruments here, I did some experimentation with hitting things with sticks and so on, and I found that if I hit my wall-mounted gas heater sharply with my finger, it makes a satisfying "THUMMMMMM!" sound that sounds very dramatic and spooky. It even records well. Anyone hit any interesting objects lately?

Maybe I should rephrase that...

[MisterSadistro]

LOL My next score is planned to be all percussion actually. I've collected a huge supply of Native American drum samples for it. I still might cheat on it and use an Indian flute as well for the early sequences and let it get more "primitive" (for lack of a better word) as the film progresses and gets creepier. Sometimes less is more.
CK

[surfnazi]

I personally find a violin score, something like whats-it-called....the Devil something? I can't remember the name of the song but its used a good bit in different horror flicks and every time I hear it it makes me wanna piss myself. Check out some of the music in the movie Signs and in the film Tales From the Hood the segment involving the dolls that come to life there is that same kind of creepy music.

Violins man, thats the key to a scary score! That or some synthesizers ala Carpenter.

[barbra]

squeeking (why can't I spell that?) doors man, you can hear it in real life and get creeped out because we were conditioned to be nervous about that sound. You know the Haunting was a good sound movie. Really its just a house, there is nothing that you see that would scare you except the dr's wife in the library. its all sound. that movie scares me more than any other.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by MisterSadistro
Probably your snoring LOL
CK

Actually...It could have been Dustin snoring...He fell asleep, too...lol


I find that a loud ringing phone after a few minutes of complete silence, can tend to make people jump...